There Is No Spring in the Stolen Field

147. testament (1)

“Okay. Raven. Let’s go back there.”

Having packed my things, I asked her to move again.

Raven’s shadow engulfed us again, just like before.

In the forest where you can’t even guess where you are.

Raven and I lit a campfire and sat facing each other.

If she was usually quiet and quiet, now she is…

I felt like a person who had really been broken and lost his language.

She seemed to be making a similar expression to me when Seria was taken away and the village burned down.

Honestly, since it’s Luke’s memento, I wanted to let her read it first, but since my name was written so plainly on the envelope, I thought it would be better to let her know what I read and show her.

“…I’ll read it first.”

I took out an envelope from my arms and spoke cautiously to her.

nod

Raven didn’t even look in my direction, looking at the bonfire and shaking her head.

[To Sirius.]

What awaited me in the letter was a crueler truth than his terribly bad handwriting.

* * *

to Sirius.

Perhaps the fact that this letter was delivered to you means that I am not a person of this world.

excellent.

You should be able to defeat the demon lord well enough.

Because he defeated me, who had once defeated a demon king.

Of course, in order to fool you completely, I will cast a spell that I cannot do on myself, but you can be proud of yourself even if you lose your temper.

This experience will definitely come in handy in the fight against the great demons.

Dog star.

A child who resembles me

From the day you first showed me magic in front of me, I’ve been vaguely aware of it.

That there might be a friend who will walk a similar path to me in this generation.

He also roughly guessed that Luna would probably play a similar role to Amelia from before.

Otherwise, there was no way that a hero and a talented person could suddenly fall from the sky.

If so, you might be wondering

Why did I leave you guys alone?

Even though we could have been eradicated as long as we caught the evidence that you are the devil’s helper.

That’s right…

It is because I am no longer a human guardian nor a human side.

A long time ago.

About 1000 years ago from now.

I rejected Amelia’s offer and fought for the humans alongside my wife and former champion Rebecca.

It was a lot of sacrifice.

Humans died so fleetingly in the battle with the demons, and so did the people who were with us.

Yes… Including the warrior party.

But at the time, I believed it was the right thing to do.

In order to protect countless lives, to protect the human world, we gritted our teeth and went into battle, and in the end we succeeded in cutting off the head of the demon king.

The story I will tell you from now on is the story after the subjugation of the demon lord.

I don’t know if the same thing will happen in your generation or not, but I really want to tell you this story.

Judgment is yours.

Will you walk this road to the end?

Or will you make a different choice.

No matter what choice you make, I won’t be able to watch it.

I’m curious, but I’m sure you’ll figure it out and do it wisely.

Dog star. you came to me and asked

How did Rebecca die?

Rebecca. my wife is…

Executed by the emperor.

It’s probably clear what you’re thinking after reading this, but read on for now.

How the hero who defeated the demon king was captured and executed by human hands.

And why did I stay still after watching it?

Rebecca was executed 15 years after the end of the subjugation of the demon king.

After killing the demon lord, we were recognized for our subjugation and became lords.

After the subjugation, our main job was to govern the territory and wipe out the remnants of demons who occasionally crossed over to the human world with a vengeance.

It wasn’t that difficult.

In the beginning, most of the demon tribes lost their power and were defeated during the subjugation of the demon king, so most of the guys who attacked were mostly small puppets.

Rebecca and I had a daughter who wouldn’t hurt to put it in her eyes.

the day the child was born.

We felt like we had won the world, and our daughter, Irene, was growing up in good health.

Was it because of the great blood?

Irene’s talent was incredible.

It’s not because I’m an idiot, but in fact, Irene wasn’t a warrior, but she was born with talent comparable to Rebecca’s.

Of course, because he resembles me, he has always been good at magic.

One day when I was living with the joy of raising Irene, who was growing up quickly.

As usual, when we heard that a small army of demons had appeared not far from our territory, Rebecca and I headed there.

Actually, it would have been no problem if only one of them went, but that day, Rebecca asked me to go with her, so I had no choice but to listen to my beloved wife’s request.

But we shouldn’t have emptied the manor that day.

Because… it was the last time I saw our lovely daughter.

When we came back after easily subjugating the demons, we immediately knew that our mansion was different from usual.

As usual, the servants who opened the door didn’t respond when we arrived.

Sensing that something was wrong, Rebecca and I quickly rushed into the mansion.

And inside the mansion… it was too quiet.

It’s like no one is there.

When I opened the room where the servants were staying, they all fell into a deep sleep.

They were all under a wide-area sleep spell.

I thought there weren’t many people who could cast sleep magic of this magnitude so strongly.

I think you need to be an imperial mage to be able to use it so closely…

If we were ordinary nobles, I thought we would have been aiming for riches, but that couldn’t be the case.

Who would want to turn us, who defeated the demon lord, into enemies? Common sense.

It was the sound of someone coming to my house with a purpose and looking for something.

And we soon found out what their purpose was.

All the riches were the same, but our daughter who can’t be exchanged for anything.

Irene is gone.

From that day on, our hell began.

Surprisingly, none of the attendants remembered what happened during the time we were away.

I used magic to peek into the memories of the land, but the information I could get was extremely limited.

As if everyone wanted to hide their identities, all I could see was the rumbling of men in black robes.

Rebecca hadn’t stayed at the mansion a single day since that day.

She visited the imperial family and asked for support from former colleagues.

I also did my best to find Irene both physically and mentally.

However, there was no trace of her daughter anywhere.

The child disappeared as if it had been erased from the world.

A month passed just like that.

Neither I nor Rebecca were insane.

We invested all our property, even disposed of the manor and the house, and freed the people.

Even we knew it.

The fact that a lot of time had passed, whether it was being treated badly or even being killed.

And to my surprise, that night when I held Rebecca in my arms after she collapsed exhausted from crying.

A letter has arrived to us.

Inside the letter were two pieces of paper.

One sheet is full of letters, and the other…

Our daughter trapped in a purple crystal.

It was a picture of Irene.

Of course, the photo could have been fake.

It could have been something someone cleverly concocted.

But it is very difficult for parents who have lost a child to keep their composure.

As soon as I saw the picture, Rebecca took the letter that was in my hand and read it on the spot with shaking hands.

I hadn’t even checked the contents yet, but just by looking at her expression, I could tell that it wasn’t normal.

They were the ones who kidnapped the daughter of the hero and the archmage.

We could tell that what they wanted from us was not a common requirement.

When Rebecca handed me the paper, I couldn’t help but put on a more sorrowful expression than her.

[Rebecca, a high treason who plotted a rebellion, should surrender to the kingdom.]

It was a sound without any basis or context, but we knew what they wanted without having to speak.

What they wanted with Irene’s life as collateral.

strongest warrior.

Because it was Rebecca’s death.